Email WV Code

Email: Chapter 61, Article 5, Section 20

§61-5-20. Exacting excessive fees; penalty.

If any officer, for performing an official duty for which a fee or compensation is allowed or provided by law, knowingly demand and receive a greater fee or compensation than is so allowed or provided, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding $50.